r/houseplants rules, stats, and what to post

This is a community for people who talk about, care for, and worry about the well-being of houseplants. The rule “The topic of this sub is houseplants.” defines a houseplant as a plant which is in your house, so the room is about indoor plant life. People here share their plants, ask for care help, and post plant related photos. Some things that look plant adjacent are pushed out to other communities, like outdoor plants and cut flowers to r/gardening, trading to r/takeaplantleaveaplant, and jokes to r/houseplantscirclejerk. Marijuana posts are allowed but must be marked NSFW, and memes are fine if they are not reposts.

The rule that decides everything for a marketer is “No self-promotion”, which has zero tolerance and a permanent ban. “Artificial Intelligence (AI) content is not allowed” matters because AI images or AI written text are off topic and unwanted here. ““Stuff” related posts are only allowed on Saturdays and must be flaired.” controls anything that looks like showing off a product, and it also blocks purchase links for items you provide. “No images/ content of people except on Fridays.” decides when a photo with a human in it can go up. “The topic of this sub is houseplants.” keeps outdoor plants, cut flowers, trading, and memes in check. “No re-post bots or content impersonation” means your content must be yours.

Post like a plant person first. Share your own original photos and stories of your indoor plants, ask honest care questions, and answer other people's questions with what has worked for you. If you make plant related stuff like pots or plant stands, you have exactly one window, Saturday from 05:00 UTC, and your post must be flaired “stuff” with no purchase link anywhere on the sub. Keep every post human made, since AI images and AI text are not allowed. If a person appears in your photo, save it for Friday and flair it “Selfie” or “Family Photo”. Write like a helpful neighbor, not a brand, because the self-promotion rule has zero tolerance and a permanent ban attached.

Any reference to a product, service, social medium, channel, article, survey, or enterprise you are associated with, including DMs, profile links, and even modmail asking permission, gets a permanent ban under “No self-promotion”. AI generated images or text are removed under “Artificial Intelligence (AI) content is not allowed”. Plant stuff posts on the wrong day, or without the “stuff” flair, get removed, and purchase links for your own product are blocked anywhere on the sub. Photos of people outside Fridays get removed under “No images/ content of people except on Fridays.”. Off-topic posts about outdoor plants, cut flowers, trading, politics, or stolen content get removed. Being uncivil, promoting plant smuggling or poaching, or bragging about either will get you banned.

The self-promotion rule here is one of the strictest I have seen in any Rankhog guide, a permanent ban with zero tolerance, so I would treat even a casual product mention as off limits. I also find it refreshing that AI content is flatly banned, which tells you this room values real plants and real people. If you sell anything plant related, the Saturday stuff window with the “stuff” flair is the only door, and even that door has no purchase links behind it.